I just visited the Korea town in ShinOkubo in Tokyo. Wow! The station was packed with tourists and it was very different to Tsuruhashi in Osaka- home of zainichi Koreans. Shin Okubo appears to be an area for Koreans known as the “new comers” ( in comparison to zainichi Koreans who have been here for almost 100 years) and a place where you can go to buy your Hallyu goods. The food is also very different, the food in Tsurhashi is the old style zainichi food like yakiniku but the in ShinOkubo there are lots of Sangyoepsal( BBQ pork) eateries. They must be very popular because there were as many as 30 people waiting in front of some of the shops. So, we decided to go give it a try, the meat was barbequed on top of a bamboo rack (interesting) and we were given as many side dishes as we could eat….just like Seoul. The food in comparison to Tsuruhashi food also, was very modern Seoul authentic style….I’ll be going back for sure!